A new trend is emerging among schools in the UK where teachers are actually BANNING students from having best friends.

Their reasoning behind this drastic rule is so that kids don't get upset over fall-outs with their besties and so they are forced to socialize in large groups.

Educational psychologist Gaynor Sbuttoni explains:

"They are doing it because they want to save the child the pain of splitting up from their best friend. But it is natural for some children to want a best friend. If they break up, they have to feel the pain because they're learning to deal with it."

In a preview for a Sunday Today interview with NBC's Willie Geist, The Mindy Project star and executive producer joked that can't wait to be a parent because she'll finally "be able to openly criticize other parenting." Ha!

Jokes aside, Mindy revealed she's "really excited" about the next chapter of her life and the challenges that will come with it. She admitted: